INX Media case: ED arrests Chidambaram in fresh setback to former finance minister

Former finance minister P Chidambaram, who has spent 8 weeks in CBI and judicial custody in the INX Media corruption case, was on Wednesday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from Tihar jail in a related money laundering matter in a fresh setback to the Congress veteran who faces another spell of remand.

Shortly after his arrest, the ED filed a plea before Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar seeking a 14-day custodial interrogation of the 74-year-old Congress leader.

The court while issuing a production warrant against Chidambaram in the ED case said it will take up the remand plea on Thursday when his judicial custody expires in the corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI).

The court directed the jail authorities to produce Chidambaram at 3 pm on Thursday.

CBI sources, meanwhile, said the probe agency is all set to file a charge sheet in the corruption case in which it is likely to name Chidambaram and his son Karti.

The ED's investigating team followed .